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Sorry.
I have a 13" black MacBook.
I now want the 17" Pro.
Will bug wife now until she eventually yields and gets it for me.:D

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Got my shipping notification today. Shipped about a week early. Looks like Apple's cutting out the middle man and shipping direct from factory in China.

http://www.fototime.com/FA2BE54C6C3B85B/orig.jpg

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Tony, I believe they did the same with the first one.

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Yeh they also cut the online wait down to 3-4 weeks now.

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Yeah? But this one is WHITE!!!
You don't have a white one, and I'm sure the wife will understand. Plus, if you buy from me, I won't tell her. I'll even help you launder the transaction. :tu

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Love the battery life.
Can last all day, into the night, with heavy use all day between my grandson and I.
Was at 28% at midnight before I put it to charge overnight.
Truly amazing.

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Well, I got a shipping notice, but it was just my smart cover that shipped :(

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Man I feel bad for those of you patiently waiting.
Good thing is time flies.
Meantime, can't help but remember this as an analogy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyC0X...e_gdata_player

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Great link.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/03/b...rmation-ipad-2

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Wife told me I WILL get one, so i'm on my best behavior!

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For those that wonder whatvthe glass can handle.
Amazing demo.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/03/s...-ipad-1-ipad-2

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Awesome product.
Figured someone would think of this.
Mine is on order.
http://www.xgearlive.com/products/ne...-date-04042011

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Sweet! Thanks for the link. I ordered a smart cover and I was wondering how I was going to protect the back. I just placed my order.

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Sweet! My iPad2 shipped!

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Would it be ok to buy an iPad 1 off of Craigslist? Anything I should look out for?

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I'd just worry about the cosmetic condition. I have not heard a single story about any ipad quality control issues or things that break and fail or anything of that nature.
Make sure you get the wall charger because you can't charge an ipad from your computer.

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I am going to try and get an OG iPad. Should I just get the WiFi model or do you recommend paying for the 3G service?

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still trying to figure out a use for this thing?

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I'm not sure what an OG is, but I don't have a 3G model.
There were a couple reasons, I didn't have 3G where I lived, I already had an iphone and didn't need data on both my ipad and phone, and there's wireless everywhere I go. Plus I didn't want to pay the bill for data.
From all the stuff I've read, you really have to think of "how am I gonna use this thing?"
I use it to read books and magazines, and for dragging it when I travel. I use it for internet on the couch, because I hate a laptop. It's not a laptop replacement, so get that out of your head if you were thinking that. It's close though, depending on your habits. I'm an email, internet surfing goof, so it fits my needs perfectly.
I guess what I'm saying is "think about how you think you're going to use it."

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OG = Original = iPad 1.

I think you sealed that for me. iPad with WiFi is good enough. Is there an app for wireless printing?

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Erick,
I have had both.

My original was wifi only.
My new one is 3G.

If $129 is no option, get it. Better to have it than not. In my case, I travel and when I do, I can rely on 3G where no wifi.

If you don't have plans of using it remotely, save the money.

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Also, go with 32G minimum unless you only plan to surf the net.

Right now, I have 46.8G on my 64 available. I have only had it for a couple of weeks and already 16G gone.

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I could use it Carlos, but I am not paying anymore subscription fees. :(

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You only pay when you need it.
Say you are going to NY again.
Not sure if wifi available or say it isn't.
Sign up.
Pay for 30 days and be done.
Don't sign up again until you need it.

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:noon

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Ohhh I didn't know that. So no contracts?

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Nope. Pay as you go for 30 days from point you activate.

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Got ya.
The ipad has bluetooth, and it should be able to print. I've never done it, and never had need to, so I don't know. You'd have to Google that one.
For some reason I think that capability came with an OS upgrade somewhere along the way.

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Thank you Scott! :tu

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Yeah, AirPrint.

The new 4.3.1 update on my iPad cranks up the speed of Safari even more.

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Woohooo!!! Ours is out for delivery! We played with one at the Apple store yesterday, and it confirmed that we wanted one. I'm sure I won't talk to my wife for the next 2-3 days as she plays with it. :p

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Almost the end of the month, crossing my fingers hoping my wife won the sales contest!

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Good luck.

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Have you held one of the new ones in your hand and given it a whirl?

I assure you the thoughts of what you can use it for will fly by at the speed of light.

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I agree it's not a laptop replacement, but I do find myself using my laptop a whole lot less.
I even installed VNC on the iPad so I can do stuff on my laptop without having to use my laptop.

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Ok. I finally ordered a 64GB iPad 2. I get a whopping $14 discount through work.

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I don't use my laptop at all, I just gave it to Cole (my stepson). He needed one for school, or at least he does next year.
So for me, it's definately a laptop replacement. I do my desktop stuff at my desk. Lisa could never replace her laptop with one, because she's on hers all day for work.
I think now that the ipad has a camera, she could probably do all her work from one, but wouldn't want to. She does a tremendous amount of speed-of-light typing and needs a number keypad. Plus she uses a couple monitors.
Speaking of that, there's an app for making a second monitor out of your ipad wirelessly. I just saw it the other day, but I totally forget everything I read about it. ;s

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:tpd:

I would say in my case, 90% of my computer usage is now on my iPad.
I use my laptop mostly to print since I don't have a wireless printer but will soon take care of that too.

Obviously, I need the laptop also to sync my iPad.

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I set it up to print through my wife's MacBook Pro. It was easier than through my laptop (PC). With my laptop, I had to setup a username and password and then type that each time I wanted to print. From the MacBook, you just have to print. No need to buy another printer as long as your printer is already network connected.

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I print wireless now From my laptop via my printer connected to Aiport Extreme.
Would love to print from iPad but need a printer with AirPrint.
I need a new fax anyhow so looking at all in one HP AirPrint enabled.
Just need to save the cash or buy same as cash at Best Buy.

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I have the HP Photosmart D110. That I use to print wirelessly with all my Macs in my house as well as my wife's Toshiba laptop. I am assuming this will also work with my iPad

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I installed this on my wifes macbook. Printopia
Cost $10. There's ways to do it for free I think, but it was easy to do this way.

A windows option. I did it the hard way (had to copy certain files to certain locations,) but this looks much easier. AirPrint through windows

If your buying a new priner anyways, then I can see getting one AirPrint enabled. For me, I have a nice HP Color Laser printer that I paid a pretty penny for a few years ago. Still works great, so I don't really want to buy a new one. Plus I've never really liked inkjet printers. I always have problems with the jets if I don't use them often enough.

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Look what just showed up. 3 days before the tracking said it was due.

http://www.fototime.com/58D3955D707060E/standard.jpg

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Has to be specifically AirPrint enabled, built in.

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Congrats!

Let the games begin.

Get Angry Birds Rio in HD. Awesome!

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BTW Tony, 17 days.
Not bad at all.
They were saying 4-5 weeks at the time you ordered.

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FedEx just dropped of my smart cover :)

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Toys are so much fun!

Can't wait until June so the games can begin all over again with the iPhone 5.:r

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cONGRATULATIONS, tONY!!!

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Can still be done as long as the laptop/desktop isn't asleep. See my post above. Prints the same as if you had an AirPrint printer. I print from my iPhone/iPad.